Continuing our look at the non-Superman titles that I still actively collect, we have the newest title that I've decided to fill out a run on...and that is Jonah Hex!

As far back as I can remember I've always been a fan of westerns, much to the chagrin of my wife and son who sigh and roll their eyes when I come across one while flipping through the t.v. listings.  Although I do the same to my wife when Grease is on, so I suppose it's all good.

Anyways, with as much as I like a good western movie, I never did really give the western comic book genre much of a shot.  I remember sampling the Joe Lansdale/Tim Truman/Vertigo mini-series from the mid-90's, and they were all right.  It wasn't until the Palmiotti/Gray run from 2006 that I really started to appreciate the beauty of the done-in-one, grizzled, morality plays set in the old west.  There is also something about this genre that brings out the best in artists, similar to the beauty that cinematographers are able to capture in their movies.  I also enjoyed the heck out of the New52 run, even when they went modern day and had Booster Gold along for the ride.  It was a nice nod the Hex series from the mid-80's.  I've since eBayed off those runs, and put the funds into putting together a collection of vintage Hex.

All-Star Western #11 from May 1972, featuring the 2nd appearance of Jonah Hex, is my newest acquisition that I picked up earlier in the month.  Thanks to Hero Time Comics in Southgate, MI for this book.  It's rare when you have a comic book store that has a good selection of back issues for sale at a decent price point, so I usually try to stop by when I'm visiting customers on his end of town.

Hex's third appearance in Weird Western Tales #12 from July 1972 I picked up on the boards a couple of months ago.  Thanks to @SOLAR BOY for the killer sales threads from earlier in the year, as he also helped me fill out my Doom Patrol run as well.

I was also able to pick up a lot of the first 8 issues of his solo title from the boards as well, but it's been a while and I can't remember who I picked them up from.

Jonah Hex #1 from April 1977.  I could look at Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez drawn Jonah Hex all day.  Such good stuff!

Classic Bernie Wrightson cover of Jonah Hex #9 from February 1978.  Unfortunately, after this issue, I have a big old hole in the run up leading up to issue #72.  I picked up a great high-grade run of the last 20 issues of this title from an auction at my LCS, and I ended up paying about fifty cents a copy for those.  Such good stuff for an insanely low price!

I love the tag line at the top of the cover..."You liked heroes as a kid? Great! Now maybe it's time you grew up!"

Yeah, grow up a drink a couple bottles of whiskey, you no-good freeloading kids!

...and since you're all grown up now, you should enjoy this cover of this nice lady getting dressed for work.

A fitting final cover for the Jonah Hex series.

Since this is in theory a Superman-centric journal, how about this cover of Jonah Hex #91 from June 1985...

...which is a classic homage to Superman #243 from October 1971.